Won Sriwijitalai1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2. 1. Private Academic Consultant, Dimapur, India. 2. Honorary professor, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India. wonsriwi@gmail.com.
Dear Editor,We would like to share ideas on the publication “Bariatric Patient Experience with Virtual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic [1].” We agree that virtual care might be useful for management of bariatric patient. The success of the virtual care depends on several factors. The availability of the technology is the important consideration. In the developing areas with limited infrastructure, the virtual care is usually difficult and might not be successful. Additionally, it is necessary to consider the patient privacy during using virtual care. These issues are little mentioned but should be assessed if the further implementation of virtual care is proposed according to Hardy et al. Finally, it is also necessary to recognize the possible rare adverse effect of the virtual care [2]. The stimulation of epileptic episode due to using telecommunication media is possible and it might be a risk for a bariatric patient who have underlying condition prone to epileptic disorder [2, 3].